QU'APPELLE VALLEY SKI CLUB

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 1999/2000 Q.V.S.C. SEASON - page 3

January 2000
QVSC Juveniles Off To Speed Camp
    Kara Delaney, Allysen Reed, Brittany Simmons and Joel Taylor, QVSC members on the Saskatchewan Provincial Juvenile Team left for Silver Star, near Vernon, B.C., to take part in a speed camp put on by Alpine Canada.

January 29, 2000
J4's Compete At Wapiti
     Three girls and one boy represented QVSC at this first J4 race of the season, hosted by the Prince Albert Nancy Greene Ski Team.  Cory Cochrane made the trip north to coach our competitors, Walter Dippenaar, Yolandi Lombard, Brittany Mooney and Naomi Ottenbreit.  The J4 races are a bachleada format, which have the athletes race two runs in the morning and two more in the afternoon.  The competitors result is the combined times of their best morning and best afternoon runs.  Once calculations were complete, Yolandi captured the SILVER medal and Brittany came away with the BRONZE medal.  Congratulations girls!

January 30, 2000
 QVSC Nancy Greeners Travel North
   Kate Grapes and Gary Yeo coached seventeen athletes from our Nancy Greene Ski League at the first provincial Nancy Greene Ski League race of the season.  Almost 200 children competed at this event, hosted by the Wapiti Ski Club.  While we were short of having representation in all categories to be eligible for any awards, our racers showed very well!  QVSC would like to thank Matt Kuhling, a member of our Alpine Race Team, for assisting the athletes throughout the day.  All reports are that Matt did an exceptional job!

February 5 - 6, 2000
Alpine Race Team Increases Points Lead 
    Blackstrap Winter Sports Park, near Saskatoon, was the site for this weekend's Sask Cup Alpine Race Series.  QVSC athletes brought home numerous medals and ribbons along with a lot of points to help our club increase it's lead for the overall club championship.  Amber Simmons dominated the women's category both days, winning the overall trophy each day.  Natasja Lombard was the best in the K1 women's division both days, while the K1 men's and J1 women's groups swept their respective medals both days!  Many other QVSC athletes won medals each day.  Overall, it was a tremendous team effort. QVSC medal winners follow:
Saturday's results 
J1 Women - GOLD and OVERALL Amber Simmons;  SILVER Rachelle Hollinger;  BRONZE Pamela Hollinger.
K2 Women - SILVER Rhiannon Jones.
K1 Women - GOLD Natasja Lombard.
K2 Men - SILVER Darsey Godwin.
K1 Men - GOLD Kenton Hamilton;  SILVER Brady Achtymichuk; BRONZE Aaron Fenwick.
Sunday's results 
J1 Women - GOLD and OVERALL Amber Simmons;  SILVER Rachelle Hollinger; BRONZE Andrea Delaney.
K2 Women - SILVER Rhiannon Jones.
K1 Women - GOLD Natasja Lombard; BRONZE Kristen Solvey.
K1 Men - GOLD Brady Achtymichuk;  SILVER Kenton Hamilton; BRONZE Aaron Fenwick.

February 10-11, 2000
Simmons Collects Downhill Medals 
    QVSC's own Brittany Simmons went up against the best 13 and 14 year old racers from Alberta in Panorama, B.C. and stood upon their podium after each day of Downhill Ski racing!  Brittany placed second on Thursday, and third Friday doing both QVSC and Saskatchewan proud.  Congrats Brittany!
    Also representing Saskatchewan from our club at these speed events were Joel Taylor and Allysen Reed.  Joel, going up against many competitors a year older, did exceptionally well, getting on the front page of the results both days.  In the first downhill Joel tied for ninth, and he placed fifteenth on Friday among a field of 62 athletes. Meanwhile, Allysen skied to a very respectable 27th on Thursday after starting way back in the field and she managed to place in a similar position the next day.  These are tremendous results for our athletes as they have not had much exposure to speed events to this point in their careers.  Qu'Appelle Valley Ski Club is very proud of each and every one of you! 

February 12, 2000
Golden Day For J4's At Ochapowace 
    The second J4 race of the season, hosted by the Ochapowace Ski Club, proved to be a very successful one for our QVSC racers.  Lee McDougall and Yolandi Lombard each collected a GOLD medal for their efforts.  The medal count continued as Gustav Dippenaar won the SILVER medal in the boys' division.  John McNally coached these three along with Naomi Ottenbreit, Beth Dolmage and Jocelyn Demaer.  All the athletes' accomplishments were great, especially since it was the first taste of competitive racing for many.  Well done John and great skiing athletes!

February 13, 2000
Super G Front Page For Delaney 
    QVSC's own Kara Delaney, youngest member of the Saskatchewan Juvenile Alpine Ski Team, managed two impressive results at an Alberta K1 (11-12 year olds) Super G Race at Sunshine Village.  Both of Kara's races placed her on the front page (top 15) of the final results.  Her placings of 9th and 11th among a field of 51 competitors is a great accomplishment for a "flatlander".  Good job Kara and keep up the hard work!  

February 13, 2000
QVSC Tops At Southern Nancy Greene Competition 
    Kate Grapes, assisted by Alpine Race Team member Matt Kuhling, guided the Qu'Appelle Valley Ski Club Nancy Greeners to victory at the southern semi-final Nancy Greene Ski League race.  The Ochapowace Ski Club hosted this event on the slopes of Ochapowace Ski Area.  For this race the top ten times from each club were tallied to come up with each teams result.  

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